“The shepherd wanted to pass his flock across a river. A wolf passed by and afflicted his flock. The wise shepherd said, ‘what shall I do, he might destroy the flock as I move the lambs across.’ He raised his eyes and saw a wild goat, big and strong. He said ‘I shall throw him before the wolf. While they do battle with each other, I shall remove the flock and they shall be saved from him.’”

What are you prepared to give up to protect what you have?

Picture this: it’s Monday afternoon, you’ve had a rough day at work; not enough was accomplished. You’re beating yourself up for your lack of productivity and you had a slight run in with your boss. You have a choice:

You can berate yourself and spend the rest of the week telling everyone about how Monday was a colossal fail; or

You can throw Monday to the big bad wolf and shepherd the remainder of the week toward success.

Oftentimes we focus on the one thing that is going wrong; rather than attend to the 100 things that are going right. But focusing on what’s wrong (like beating ourselves up, complaining to other people, and talking about it) expends energy in the wrong direction. If we could just throw the wolf a bone, we can reinvest our energy toward what’s working and enjoy a picnic with our flock on the other side of the river.

The Daily Muse is our favorite new startup; a a female oriented networking site, like nothing that has come before.

Its self-proclaimed mission (as per the “About” page), is to “bring community and career opportunities to professional women” and judging by what I’ve seen so far, they’re well on their way to doing just that.

That’s saying a lot considering the company and website have only been live for a couple of weeks!

Additionally, what I love about the Daily Muse website as a whole (besides that it is female operated for a female audience, just like SheBytes), is its lucid layout and clever style.

Check out the creative and cute design used on the classic social media icons on their “About” page!

According to Business Insider, Daily Muse’s cofounder Kathryn Minshew tweeted the news that her brand new startup Daily Muse will be headed to Y Combinator!

Y Combinator is a prestigious startup boot camp that helps nascent innovators make the trek through inception, thought development and funding. We hope that Daily Muse’s vivid vision will yield to ultimate success.